The August CPI report will be released a day before the central bank’s rate announcement. Expectations heading into the event ...

Just a month ago, Fed Funds futures were pricing at a 53% chance of a 50-basis-point cut. By midweek, that number had dropped to a paltry 10%, only to shoot back up to 50% by Friday afternoon, spurred ...

"Having just raised rates in July, the BOJ will likely prefer to scrutinise market developments for the time being," said former BOJ official Nobuyasu Atago. "It's natural to think the next rate ...

As widely expected, the BOJ kept short-term interest rates steady at 0.25% at a two-day meeting that ended on Friday. "Private consumption has been on a moderate increasing trend despite the ...

BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda will hold a news conference at 3:30 p.m. (0630 GMT) to explain the decision. The BOJ ended negative interest rates in March and raised its short-term policy rate to 0.25% ...

The BOJ maintained its settings for the unsecured overnight call rate at around 0.25%, according to its statement, as expected by all 53 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The bank raised its ...

That makes signaling on Friday from BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda the near-term key in determining the outlook on the narrowing rate gap between the two economies, after his comments at the last policy ...

The BOJ kept the uncollateralized overnight call rate at 0.25%. The decision to leave the rate unchanged was widely expected. A poll of 27 BOJ watchers conducted by Nikkei affiliate QUICK from Sept.

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - For academics and policymakers gathered at the U.S. Federal Reserve's annual Jackson Hole economic conference to debate how central banks can affect market ...

It was the first time a BOJ policymaker publicly specified a level the central bank should eventually target in pushing up short-term borrowing costs. Tamura said the likelihood of Japan's economy ...

“The market moves are reflection of lingering nervousness over the BOJ’s policy outlook after the July rate hike, but I don’t expect the yen to keep appreciating as a result of Nakagawa’s ...